Printmaking for Preschoolers

DIY Smooth Styrofoam Printing Plate

The Basics:  Transfer design to styrofoam plate, score the the design to make a little trough, paint  scored lines with solvent.  The solvent is acetone.  Water based inks and paints only.

I don't really care for using solvent for this type of line work. This article on Makezine is better.

Photocopy Printmaking

Tutorial by Claudine Hellmuth on the HGTV Website.

Fabric Printing with a Brayer

Article by Lois Ericson and Dawn McIntyre on the Threads magazine website.

Rolling Pin Printmaking

Amy (Craft Chi)has done it again. She produces high end looking art and products with everyday, easy to find items. Her tutorial for rolling pin prints is outstanding. Hey! Even I (or you) could do this.

Rubber Stamp Carving Tutorial

The ever creative and classy Junie Moon has posted a rubber stamp carving tutorial. Of particular interest here is the method she uses to transfer her design to the block. It's one I've used many times and also works on wood and metal. When I do it to metal, I heat the metal sheet on a griddle first. On metal this method also works great as a resist when etching with chemicals. I use the liquid from Radio Shack that is for etching circuit boards, I forget it's name.

Be sure to check June's sidebar for her complete list of tutorials. She's a wonder.

Art Projects for Kids

Arounna Khounnoraj is a weekly guest at BloesemKids, showing us some great art projects you can do with your kids.
A couple of the projects are:
Eric Carle inspired collage

Shadow puppets

Screenprinting Tutorial

I adore this tutorial from the Berlin craftblogger LimonVerde. She uses high tech CraftRobo and low tech embroidery hoop to create her prints. Since I'm not an artist, her technique appeals to my cobble together a way to get it done mentality.

I had a difficult time getting all the pictures to load but a right click, Show Picture worked for me.
Don't want to cut an entire stencil? Think in reverse. Punch some shapes from the acetate, spray with adhesive and apply to the screen.

On another note, I have had an interest in the pochoir printing process. Hand coloring using stencils. I always knew I would not be able to cut the color separations by hand but the CraftRobo tool is the perfect tool to get those stencils. Here is a good explanation of the pochoir process.